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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Alex Daniel

Octopus Energy profits fall amid surge in customers and renewables investment

Octopus Energy’s promotional mascot, Constantine, at its headquarters in London (Leon Neal/PA) - (PA Archive)

Octopus Energy has seen a sharp fall in annual profit as it spent money on bringing in millions more customers, nearly doubling its workforce and installing renewable energy sources like solar panels.

Octopus’s customer base grew to 7.3 million across the UK during the year to April 2024, overtaking British Gas as the largest energy supplier in the country.

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